Cubism painted objects from many angles at once

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Cubism painted objects from many angles at once

Cubism revolutionized art by portraying objects from multiple angles simultaneously, breaking them into geometric fragments to capture dynamic, multifaceted views and challenging traditional perspective.

Cubism, an early 20th-century art movement, revolutionized painting by showing objects from multiple viewpoints simultaneously. Pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque around 1907, this style broke from traditional single-perspective art, fragmenting subjects into geometric shapes and interlocking planes.

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